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4.5 superb | RetroSpective | January 9th 13 | CULT OF LUNA GO DUBSTEP LOLOLOLOL
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4.0 excellent | Wolfe | January 5th 13 | Even though the fact that the ferocious Klas Rydberg left saddened me heavily upon learning it, Johannes Persson and the band proved to this loyal fan that they carried on and created an album that improves all aspects of their sound. The +4 long year process of the formation really shows the thought and vision premeditated and imposed upon Vertikal, an amount of time Earache did not give them. Real early to say, but in time Vertikal just might viewed as Cult of Luna's best record to date, if not their most realised.
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3.5 great | Spec | January 13th 13 | Korn would be so mad.
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3.0 good | Xenophanes EMERITUS | January 9th 13 | Like every Cult of Luna record we get a slightly above avergae post metal album with shit tons of filler to make it seem more interesting than it is.
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4.0 excellent | slipnslide | January 6th 13 | Concept album from a post metal band 5/5 cult of luna invented dubstep 5/5 5/5 5/5
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3.5 great | Aids | January 15th 13 | so we're seriously gonna take that one 30 second oscillating bass-note and call it dubstep?
I know you're all dumb (especially when it comes to dubstep) but you guys, come on, surely
you're not all THAT dumb.
"POST-METAL/DUBSTEP CROSSOVER: BRILLIANT! 5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5"
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4.5 superb | InFiction | January 5th 13 | Less than a week in to the year and I already have my AOTY.
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4.5 superb | Crysler | January 4th 13 | How can someone give this anything less than 4.5 ? It's the most innovative album I've rlistened to in a very long time, it's music pushed to perfection, the sound, atmosphere, rcomposition quality is unmatched by anything I've heard in the recent years. Forget reverything you knew about post rock and post metal, forget everything you know about CoL, rthey're past albums were very good, but this... this is a MASTERPIECE.
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4.0 excellent | My Name Is Mud | January 4th 13 | Cult of Luna have outdone themselves again. Bringing a fresh new sound to their ever changing spectrum, CoL rhave managed to craft something of sheer brooding beauty.
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4.5 superb | Ignimbrite | January 15th 13 | This is their best album after SatH. Also, the userbase at RYM can kindly fuck themselves: I mean, they're worse than us with their troll 1s.
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0.0 | Keyblade | January 15th 13 | "Like every Cult of Luna record we get a slightly above avergae post metal album with shit tons of filler to make it seem more interesting than it is."rHow does filler make an album seem interesting?
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4.0 excellent | Tw1ster | January 5th 13 | Neur-Isis who? This album is a post metal masterpiece.
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3.5 great | TAJ | March 26th 14 | I: The Weapon, In Awe Of and Passing Through are among their best songs without a doubt. There really isn't a poor track on the record, but that said, much of the stuff just doesn't grab you the same way as the previous records did. Still, the album is well paced and an enjoyable listen.
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4.5 superb | PistolPete | May 6th 13 | This album shouldn't be as special to me as it is. But with Isis gone, and Neurosis delivering a simply "okay" album last year, I guess it's just nice to know someone out of these top tier post-metal bands can still be counted on. I knew this album would take patience (as do most of their albums). So I wasn't surprised to see that one day at work after several listens, I could put this album on and practically every song has that enormous presence and elegant flow I come to expect from Cult of Luna. It's stellar and so very worth the patience. Recommended Songs: I: The Weapon (the clusterfuck song on "Vertikal"), Synchronicity (go listen to this song a few times and tell me if that drumline and rhythm isn't stuck in your head for days after), In Awe Of (best riffs on the album, instant classic)
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5.0 classic | fjutt | March 17th 13 | The more I listen to it the more I like it, and now, a month or so after I got it, I still find myself putting on this record over newer ones all the time
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4.5 superb | dosia | January 30th 13 | From 2.5 to 4.5, it has grown on me incredibly fast.
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4.0 excellent | MO | January 26th 13 | In Awe Of is easily the best thing to take away from this album, solid all the way around nonetheless.
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4.0 excellent | thejared | January 25th 13 | The guitar tones give my ears a boner.
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4.0 excellent | MasBarHigeuoris21 | January 24th 13 | While not as good as Salvation or SATH or even on the same level as Amenra's Mass V, it's still a damn good post-metal album and a lot better than Honor Found in Decay.
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4.5 superb | Quadrochosis | January 23rd 13 | Being my introduction to this band, I have to say that I'm extremely impressed with this, and will definitely spend some serious time diving into their back catalog.
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4.5 superb | sphygmo | January 16th 13 | Vicarious Redemption is one of the best metal tracks i've heard in a long while. Amazing stuff.
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0.0 | fran tall ear | January 10th 13 | boring pentatonic stuff isn't suddenly interesting, heavy or creative just because your band plays it loud for way too long
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0.0 | chambered99 | January 7th 13 | holy fucking shit i agree with a michael snotballas soundoff? and he gave an over-rated hypeblown train album a 3.5? holy fucking shit i love life :]
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0.0 | ihavehadaguystalkingmerecently | January 7th 13 | Some of Cult of Luna's best riffs and melodic sections blended with some of their most recycled and boring post-metal moments. The wobbles in 'Vicarious Redemption' were awkward and unenjoyable, but they made up for it with an absolutely killer riff blasted out straight afterwards.
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3.5 great | Mythodea | June 16th 20 | From the beutiful, trans-inducing intro, to the various bursts and rhythmic plays, Vertikal is a magnificent album that encapsulates all things we expect from Cult of Luna, and still remains fresh as an artistic statement. Claustrophobia is the axis for CoL's music, and this is yet another example of their style. The belly of the album is the 18-minute long ''Vicarious Redemption'', that unfolds as a dancing drapery fall amidst a storm and by the end of it, you are left so amased, you don't realize 20 minute have flown by.
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3.0 good | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | June 16th 20 | This album is half two things: either truly epic engrossing music (like holy hell the latter half of "Vicarious Redemption") or needlessly long uneventful passages that feel like musical exposition, but that's kind of always been the problem with Cult of Luna. If this were a television series, it'd be very divisive for its filler episodes and groundbreaking effects.
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4.0 excellent | Chino smoking it up! | September 24th 19 | Very experimental, electronic driven CoL, still manages to create these beautiful melodies and build ups. Recd Track - I: The Weapon; In Awe of
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4.0 excellent | Bedex | June 17th 19 | The coldest CoL album. The first two tracks and a half and the last four are fantastic and evoke cold, snowy rocky mountains and polar black peaks. Like a winter version of EK. Even the mixing of the vocals calls to that. I don't click at all with the middle tracks though. The electronic bits feel completely out of place, although I see where they were coming from and maybe it is my snowy nature read of the album that does not fit with it? Still felt kinda bored for those few tracks, among my least favourite sections in the whole of CoL 's catalog. Album is still a 4.0 overall
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4.1 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | April 27th 19 | After the earthy sounds of SAtH and Eternal Kingdom, before the spacey soundscapes of Mariner, there's the alienated noise of the city: Vertikal. The human civilization's history could be linked to CoL's discography, and that shows us how very pretentious I am and how incredible this band is. Sound-wise, this is very monotonous, but that's what industrial life has brought to us.
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5.0 classic | JetForceGemini47 | January 30th 15 | One of the most complete and enigmatic album of the 2010's decade.
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4.5 superb | maninthebox | November 3rd 14 | On their latest album "Vertikal" Cult of Luna has released the best post metal album since the LPs released in the genres heyday of the mid 2000s. Verikal combines all the usual post metal tropes with a tinge of industrial and even electronic influences. This makes for an all the more interesting and unique listen and helps to paint a very bleak hopless image with the music. The listener can truly get the feel of a dystopian future from the instrumentation found all over this album. This is definitely an album drenched in symbolism and meaning that can easily be ranked along with the other masterpieces contained in their discography. Best songs: Vicarious Redemption, In Awe Of, and Passing Through
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3.0 good | iambillyshears | August 30th 13 | I: The Weapon is quite a fantastic song, but the rest of the album didn't feel spectacular at all. Like they were were too focused on experimentation and less on riffs and songwriting.
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3.5 great | Alex C. | April 28th 13 | While not my genre at all, they deliver a great live performance and, most of all, a good album that might appeal also to those who aren't that much into sludge (like me).
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4.0 excellent | hykinix | January 16th 13 | First time hearing these guys. Impressed for sure.
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0.0 | mindleviticus | January 13th 13 | Everyone is so quick to judge. Certainly not their best, but still a great album in the rbands discog.
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0.0 | LeisureMuffin | January 8th 13 | I already paid for my vinyl and cd preorder, so I'm allow to steal this album until they ship. It is a great album, even though the dubstep really threw me...
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4.0 excellent | Jake E. | December 10th 23 |
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4.5 superb | NeoZod | May 18th 23 |
4.0 excellent | Samuel | January 21st 23 |
3.0 good | Timmy | January 12th 23 |
4.0 excellent | Bumble77 | December 14th 22 |
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4.0 excellent | knia | September 22nd 22 |
4.0 excellent | Bridge4 | February 22nd 22 |
4.5 superb | ObsPoe | February 16th 22 |
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3.5 great | Luna | December 30th 21 |
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